John K. Cooley
John Kent Cooley (November 25, 1927 – August 6, 2008) was an American journalist and author who specialized in
Cooley was one of only a handful of Western journalists widely regarded and trusted in the Middle East as an expert on the area's history and politics. He interviewed several of the region's heads of state and was personally acquainted with the senior leadership of the
Background
A graduate of
Middle East
A personal friend of
A personal friend of Ardeshir Zahedi with whom he had a 50 years old friendship and kept corresponding till he died in 2008.
Cooley and his wife Vania were among 90 foreign residents of the InterContinental and Philadelphia hotels in Amman who were taken hostage in June 1970 by George Habash of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and released after the personal intervention of King Hussein.
Cooley worked with
September 11, 2001 attacks
Cooley wrote in the
The communication stated that a major attack was planned for inside the U.S. and that aircraft would be used. The code name of the operation, wrote Cooley, was Al Ourus al-Kabir — "The Big Wedding."[4]
He wrote for the Monitor.[5][6]
Bibliography
- Baal, Christ, and Mohammed: Religion and revolution in North Africa, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
- Green March Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs, Frank Cass & Co., 1973, ISBN 0-7146-2987-1
- Libyan Sandstorm: The Complete Account of Qaddafi's Revolution, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982, ISBN 0-03-060414-1
- Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East, Brassey's, 1991, ISBN 0-08-040564-9
- ISBN 0-7453-1917-3
- With ISBN 2-7467-0188-X
- An Alliance against Babylon: The U.S., Israel and Iraq, Pluto Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7453-2282-4
- How Hate Replaced Hope Cooley's response to 9/11, Christian Science Monitor, September 27, 2001 (archived October, 2001)
- Other unheeded warnings before 9/11?, Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2002
- East Wind Over Africa Red China's African Offensive, Walker and company, 1965
- Currency Wars, Skyhorse How Forged Money is the New Weapon of Mass Destruction publishing UK, 2008 ISBN 978-1-60239-270-0
Notes
- ^ "Former Edward R. Murrow Press Fellows". Council on Foreign Relations. 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Preliminary Inventory to the John K. Cooley Papers, 1960-1962
- ^ Middle East Water: Power for Peace Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine 1992
- ^ Other unheeded warnings before 9/11? John K. Cooley, May 23, 2002
- ^ The thorn in the Horn of Africa January 11, 2007
- ^ Search for Cooley CSM articles Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- The Independent: John Cooley: Scholar-reporter on the Middle East whose acclaimed books included 'Unholy Wars', a study of al-Qa'ida
- Washington Post: John K. Cooley, Noted Correspondent
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